While plenty of touring bands have packed it in for the holidays, that hasn’t curbed the flow of (nearly) all-local options. Broken City, for example, hosts two stacked bills this week, the first occurring on Thursday, December 16, with ex-Calgarian Laura Leif — formerly of Extra Happy Ghost — bringing her collection of hypnotic folk-pop gems back from Toronto. She’ll be joined by the surreal folk of Raleigh and the experimental, eccentric jazz of No More Shapes, which promises to be one of the most diverse — and best — pairings of the week.

Sticking with Broken City, the following evening will host an altogether different breed of locals, boasting a ram-packed bill of Calgary’s brightest garage lights. Ex-Boyfriends will test out new and old material alike, joined by the crowd-pleasing horror of Forbidden Dimension, the incisive post-punk blitzkrieg of the Sharp Ends and the scrappy punk rock of Grown-Ups. The Ghasstlees (or, the band once known as The Thulls), Fabulous Quickies and The Fags round out a bill that proves, as its Facebook page notes, “Calgary is a garage town.” Or, if it’s metal ye seek, head to the New Black for the monstrous triple-header of Orphan Hammer, Gales of Avalon and Super Black Holes.

Keeping on with the locals, on Saturday, December 18, Nelson’s boasts yet another scattered dimension of Calgarian talent. Smoky emerging singer-songwriter Paige Woodbury heads up the bill, and she will be showcasing songs from her EP, released earlier this year. She’ll be joined by the psychedelic muscle of Black Phoenix Orchestra — whose singer, Darren McDade, lends his pedal-board and vocals to one of Woodbury’s tracks — along with peAks and the eclectic classic-rock leaning Blue Bones, who’ll be unveiling a new disc.

Alternatively, head to the Ship & Anchor for the Sadlier-Brown Band. Built around the boozy pillars of rockabilly, surf, blues and jazz, the group’s brand of all-in rock ’n’ roll is perfect for pint-raising — it’s the type of stuff that makes you want to sling your arm around the closest stranger and tell ’em that you love ’em. Buzz Elroy joins.

Finally, as punks found ska, the ska set found emo. Now, it appears, the emotive types are discovering electro (hey, how else can you explain the atrocity that is Brokencyde? Yeah, we know. They’re so 2008). How are the reformed screamo set adjusting? Ask Skrillex — otherwise known as Sonny Moore, of ex-Epitaph act From First to Last — who lands at the Big Four Building in Stampede Park on Thursday, December 23. He’ll have all your answers.